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COFFEE

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Coffee   is a   brewed   beverage   with a bitter flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the   coffee plant. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial   Latin America,   Southeast Asia,   South Asia   and   Africa. Green (unroasted) coffee is one of the most traded agricultural commodities in the world.   Coffee can have a stimulating effect on humans due to its   caffeine   content. It is one of the most-consumed beverages in the world. Wild coffee's energizing effect was likely first discovered in the northeast region of   Ethiopia. Coffee cultivation first took place in southern Arabia;   the earliest credible evidence of coffee drinking appears in the middle of the 15th century in the   Sufi   shrines of   Yemen.   From the   Muslim world, coffee consumption and cultivation spread to India,   to Italy, and on to the rest of Europe,Indonesia   and the Americas. In East Africa and Ye

SELF IMAGE & BODY IMAGE

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Self-image A person's   self-image   is the   mental   picture, generally of a kind that is quite resistant to change, that depicts not only details that are potentially available to objective investigation by others (height, weight, hair color,   gender,   I.Q. score, etc.), but also items that have been learned by that person about himself or herself, either from personal experiences or by internalizing   the judgments of others. A simple definition of a person's self-image is their answer to this question - "What do you believe people think about you?" Self-image may consist of three types: 1.     Self-image resulting from how the individual sees himself or herself. 2.     Self-image resulting from how others see the individual. 3.     Self-image resulting from how the individual perceives others see him or her. These three types may or may not be an accurate representation of the person. All, some or none of them may be true. A more tec